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Forbes
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
‘DAN DA DAN' Season 2 Arrives With A Stunning Rotten Tomatoes Score
DAN DA DAN In a rare case of arriving very, very close to its last season, DAN DA DAN (Dandadan) has returned for season 2 eight months after season 1 aired. Available on Hulu now, the series has aired its first subbed and dubbed episode, Like, This is the Legend of the Giant Snake, with more to come weekly (season 1 is available on Crunchyroll and Netflix, season 2 will be on a delay). DAN DA DAN season 2 has also put up a stellar Rotten Tomatoes score, a perfect one, so far, as it adapts the Evil Eye arc. As it stands, with a limited amount of reviews in, DAN DA DAN has a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score from critics. If you think that may change when more reviews come in, with double the number for season 1, it still had a perfect 100% then, along with a 93% audience score. The show, not surprisingly, is adapted from a manga series, which is written and illustrated by Yukinobu Tatsu. Here's the synopsis: 'Momo Ayase is a high school girl who believes in ghosts but not aliens, while her fellow high schooler, Ken Takakura, whom Momo nicknames "Okarun", believes in aliens but not ghosts. In a bet to determine who is correct, the two decide to separately visit locations associated with both the extraterrestrial and the occult—Momo visiting the former, and Okarun the latter. Momo is abducted by a group of aliens who accidentally unblock her chakras, enabling latent psychic abilities. Meanwhile, Okarun is possessed by a spirit who takes over his body. By using Momo's abilities and Okarun's possessed form, they defeat the aliens together.' DAN DA DAN There are 20 volumes so far, meaning a lot of source material to go should the show continue. There are many manga-to-anime adaptations that don't work, but so far, DAN DA DAN does not seem to be one of them. Here's what critics are saying about the season: As of yet, DAN DA DAN has not charted on Hulu's Top 15 list, but we'll see if that changes as more episodes roll out, and some viewers may not realize that this is airing so close to season 1, as with many animes, a long delay is usually the norm. But no word on when exactly season 3 is going to make it out. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
South China Morning Post
13-04-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Netflix movie review: Bullet Train Explosion – breathless remake by Shin Godzilla director
4/5 stars Advertisement After breathing new life into some of Japanese cinema's most beloved monsters in Shin Godzilla and Shin Ultraman , animator-turned-director Shinji Higuchi now turns his attention to the classic 1970s disaster thriller The Bullet Train. Part reboot, part sequel, Bullet Train Explosion revisits the nail-biting scenario of a high-speed train that will explode if its speed drops below 100 miles per hour (160km/h). The 1975 film pitted superstars Ken Takakura and Sonny Chiba against one another in a breathless race against time that inspired the Keanu Reeves blockbuster Speed. Combining state-of-the-art visual effects with unprecedented access to real Shinkansen trains and facilities from the East Japan Railway (JR East) Company, Higuchi delivers an epic action thrill-ride every bit as exhilarating as its predecessor. Advertisement Tsuyoshi Kusanagi reunites with the director for the first time since Sinking of Japan (2006) to headline an ensemble cast. He plays Takaichi, senior conductor of the Tohoku Shinkansen Hayabusa No. 60 on its perilous journey across Honshu island towards Tokyo.
